When did you first notice that grafix had diminishing returns?

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Barozi said:

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This is just speculation on your part. We don't how big the strides were in hardware utilization were this gen, it's safe to assume ps3 were probably much bigger because it of how complex it was, we can't say ps4 didn't have big strides in hardware utilization when results show it clearly has. Before ps4 came out no developer has ever tried to max out a Radeon HD 7850, with a a weak  8 core Jaguar CPU. Besides engine evolving, and new rendering techniques  alone can be  more impressive  then better hardware utilization  and rendering techniques combined, it just depends how advanced the former is. 

Wanna know how subjective people opinions are in progress here is a video comparison GEARS 1-3 on 360, and most think gears 1 looks the best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSR0wncErTw&t=134s

Honestly to me  The progression in ps4 and ps4 look very similar, kind find ps4 to be more impressive.

wow the nostalgia goggles must be pretty thick to think that Gears 1 is the best looking in the series.
Both Gears 2 and Gears 3 look vastly superior which isn't surprising considering Unreal Engine 3 was updated several times in those years.

Also that video not only compares multiplayer gameplay, where graphics are toned down as much as possible to make sure that people have fluent gameplay sessions. They also do split screen that forces a lower resolution.

Yea even in the multiplayer to me gears of war 3 easily looks the best because of the advancements in lighting unreal engine saw. gears 2 looks like slightly better then 1. I really i think the main advancements last gen saw over the years was the move to differed  lighting  and mainly cleaner AA solution those were the main sticking points to me.